Saturn retrograde 1988

1 period, 141 days inside the year — 38.6% of 1988. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

141 days · retreats 6.63°

10 April → 30 August 1988 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 10 Apr 1988, 22:19 UTC at 2.67° Capricorn
Stations direct 30 Aug 1988, 07:30 UTC at 26.04° Sagittarius

It begins in Aries season and ends in Virgo season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Uranus in Capricorn — 10 Apr to 30 Aug 1988 (141 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Scorpio — 10 Apr to 20 Jul 1988 (100 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Capricorn — 11 Apr to 30 Aug 1988 (141 days of overlap)
  • Venus in Cancer — 22 May to 4 Jul 1988 (43 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Gemini — 31 May to 24 Jun 1988 (24 days of overlap)
  • Mars in Aries — 26 Aug to 30 Aug 1988 (4 days of overlap)

Read against Capricorn, and see that sign’s horoscope for the period.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Saturn retrogrades either side of 1988

Previous

1987 Ended 19 August 1987 after 141 days, moving back 6.63° through the zodiac.

Next

1989 Begins 22 April 1989 and runs 141 days.

Gap across 1988

1.7 years between the two — long enough for a whole calendar year to fall inside it with nothing to report.

Both dates are computed from the planet’s apparent motion, not taken from a table. A retrograde begins the moment its daily movement against the stars turns negative, and that moment is findable to the hour.

Computed for 1988

Saturn through the zodiac in 1988

Every sign Saturn occupies during 1988, with the dates it enters and leaves. A sign that appears twice means the planet backed into the previous sign during a retrograde and crossed again.

Saturn in Sagittarius From 1 Jan – 12 Feb
Saturn in Capricorn 12 Feb – 11 Jun
Saturn in Sagittarius 11 Jun – 11 Nov
Saturn in Capricorn 11 Nov – 31 Dec and beyond

4 segments in 1988. Dates from JPL orbital elements, good to about a day at sign changes.

1988 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1988

Mercury in Aquarius 2 Feb 1988 – 23 Feb 1988 · 21 days
Pluto in Scorpio 14 Feb 1988 – 20 Jul 1988 · 157 days
Uranus in Capricorn 4 Apr 1988 – 5 Sep 1988 · 154 days
Neptune in Capricorn 11 Apr 1988 – 18 Sep 1988 · 160 days
Venus in Cancer 22 May 1988 – 4 Jul 1988 · 43 days
Mercury in Gemini 31 May 1988 – 24 Jun 1988 · 24 days
Mars in Aries 26 Aug 1988 – 28 Oct 1988 · 63 days
Jupiter in Gemini 24 Sep 1988 – 20 Jan 1989 · 118 days
Mercury in Libra 28 Sep 1988 – 20 Oct 1988 · 21 days
← 1987 Saturn retrograde in 1987. All Saturn retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1989 → Saturn retrograde in 1989.